Autumn Chutney | The Miller's Daughter

Ingredients

• 1kg white onions, peeled and chopped into small chunks
• water (see method)
• 1 litre apple cider vinegar
• 1.5kg cooking apples, cored, peeled and chopped
• 500g of a mix of the following (depending on what is available to you): chopped courgettes, damsons (pitted with stones removed), and pears (cored, peeled and chopped)
• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
• 250g dried dates, chopped
• 250g sultanas
• 2 tbsp dried barberries (optional)
• ½ tbsp ground allspice
• ½ tbsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tbsp ground ginger
• ½ tbsp ground coriander
• ½ tsp ground cayenne pepper
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger, scraped and grated
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 kg soft brown sugar